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| use of ChatGPT for HIFI I've been using Google Gemini, standard issue on my Pixel 8. It can be very helpful but requires good prompts and follow up questions. I start by assigning an "expert" role related to my question. I'll tell it to be a "professor of electrical engi... | |
| Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates? +1 Parasound A21+ or the A23+, depending how much power you need. Brand new ones in silver are on sale from Parasound for 30% off. | |
| Acoustics experts - a little help please I have 3 48x24x6 bass traps above my listening position. I plan to add diffusion above the speakers. It partly depends on your flooring. With carpet, the diffusion is more important but if you have hard floors the ceiling cloud helps a lot. | |
| Favorite Newly Discovered Female Vocalist Sarah Jarosz - start with Undercurrent. If you like that, she has 7 other albums just as good. Sierra Hull Sarah McLaughlin Roseanne Cash | |
| Flatscreen between speakers I do have a thin foam cover over mine but I also do something else. The screen being parallel to your listening position is a big part of the problem. Mine is on a swivel and I position it on about a 30' angle so it's reflection is scattered in an... | |
| Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds I think it's a great album. It sounds good on my system. It's a very live sound with a lot of delays and reverb so it's not a "clean" sound but it's got great energy. | |
| Bass Traps Bass traps are called that because they absorb some low frequency waves compared to thinner panels but below 80hz, not that much. So they are absorbing everything above including mids and highs. That makes the bass sound more prominent and even. M... | |
| Claude #2 I somehow missed the Claude 1 discussion but I've recently been using AI for audio questions with great success. I always assign the AI a certain expertise and make it recheck facts and sources. Sometimes it's like a lazy child you have to encoura... | |
| Feedback on Costco & Amazon sound absorption panels from folks who have purchased them. All good suggestions. I bought wood, insulation, and fabric, then hired a handyman to build and hang the panels. | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. Yeah, it's a $16 pot available everywhere, probably on par with the 27. But the RK50 is about 100x the price, $1500 or so. So there's another reason for an upgrade. Oh well. | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. @mulveling I was going by the label on top that shows 50KA X 2 I this to indicate some stereo version of the RK50 but I may be completely mistaken. One can hope. | |
| Bass management--high/low pass filtering Marchand Electronics makes a variety of high pass filters and crossovers designed to limit the low frequencies going to the mains. While my mains are very capable down to 40hz, my room acoustics favor the low frequencies near the floor rather than... | |
| I replaced the volume pot on my tube preamplifier. After reading this post, i checked the motorized volume pot on my LTA MZ2 and it appears to be the RK50A. And it's well under $10k. | |
| Looking for new speaker cables That's the way I describe my Cardas Clear Sky x4. They add body without losing high end clarity and sparkle. | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments Room treatment is as much about reverb time (Rt) as frequency variations, particularly in frequencies above 100hz. You don't want sound bouncing around your room. Below 100 is a different story. EQ can help there. Diffusion and absorption can he... |